| Metamonad | |
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| Giardia lamblia, a parasitic diplomonad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Excavata |
| Phylum: | Metamonada Grassé 1952 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2003 |
| Subdivisions[1][2][3] | |
| Synonyms | |
The metamonads are a large group of flagellate amitochondriate microscopic eukaryotes. They include the retortamonads, diplomonads, parabasalids, oxymonads, and a range of more poorly studied taxa, most of which are free-living flagellates. All metamonads are anaerobic (many being aerotolerant anaerobes), and most members of the four groups listed above are symbiotes or parasites of animals, as is the case with Giardia lamblia which causes diarrhea in mammals.[4]
- ^ Yazaki et al. 2020.
- ^ Stairs et al. 2021.
- ^ Eglit et al. 2024.
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